WIR 02/2021 [EN]

CWA cabins and
vehicles in motion
worldwide
Ropeway cabins and vehicles from CWA are used around the globe and are valued
by ropeway operators and passengers alike for their excellent workmanship and high
comfort. Over the years, the Doppelmayr Group’s cabin manufacturer has evolved
into an industrial enterprise that impresses its customers with well-conceived solutions
and new features.
T
he company employs around 170 people
at its base in the Swiss city of Olten.
With this team, CWA develops, designs
and manufactures the cabins and vehicles
that, with few exceptions, are sold to locations
around the world through the Doppelmayr
Group’s sales organization. The product portfolio
offers carriers for all ropeway applications:
from cabins for continuous-movement ropeways
and reversible aerial tramways to vehicles
for funicular railways and custom solutions
such as theme parks. CWA’s services also include
the overhaul of cabins and vehicles as
well as worldwide customer support.
Modern products for modern times
In the last three years, CWA has launched new
cabins for monocable and tricable ropeways
onto the market. The OMEGA V was presented
in 2018 as the fifth generation of the company’s
bestseller, followed by the launch of the
ATRIA for 3S systems in 2019. In terms of functionality
and design, both cabins were consistently
aligned with Doppelmayr’s cutting-edge
ropeway technology and offer passengers an
entirely new ambience inside combined with
even wider perspectives. Thanks to their modular
construction, options can be selected to
address the needs of the ropeway operator and
also retrofitted at a later date. The OMEGA V
now also comes in an AURO version for autonomous
ropeway stations. The first AURO
installation with this CWA cabin went into service
in Zermatt on the Kumme gondola lift in
December 2020 and was presented in detail in
WIR Issue 1/2021.